A visit to the Brittain Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Brittain Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brittain Cemetery:
35.4532, -81.8859
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brittain Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brittain Cemetery is located in Rutherford County<2>.
The county seat for Rutherford County is located in Rutherfordton. Rutherfordton lies just to the southwest of the Brittain Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Brittain Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brittain Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Centennial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Centennial Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Centennial Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the north of Rutherfordton.
- The Centennial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Centennial UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47080 <5>
- Wilson Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Camp Creek Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant CME Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant CME Church Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant CME Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Pleasant CME Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Union Mills.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2524829 <5>
- Baxter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Baxter Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Cemetery
- The Baxter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Joseph Baxter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2519133 <5>
- Fork Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Flack Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little White Country Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Gilboa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Gilboa Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa Cemetery
- The Gilboa Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gilboa UMC Cemetery
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Thermal City Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48170 <5>
- Thompson Family Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherfordton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Rutherfordton Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherfordton Cemetery
- St. Francis Episcopal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Francis Episcopal Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Episcopal Cemetery
- The St. Francis Episcopal Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Francis Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2328866 <5>
- Whiteside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Valley Church of the Brethren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brittain Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brittain Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Pisgah ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Sunshine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunshine is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Union Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Washburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Spindale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bostic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thermal City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal City
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Rutherfordton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bakersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bakersville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Forest City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hollis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Vein Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Green Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Alexander Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Shiloh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Sandy Mush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Ellenboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New House
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Caroleen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Glenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Brindletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Sugar Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Whitehouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Brittain Cemetery. The following communities are located in Rutherford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brittain Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Forest City
- Rutherfordton
- Spindale
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Brittain Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Rutherford County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Brittain Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1008413 (Brittain Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1008413 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Rutherford
- Est. Elev: 296 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rutherfordton North
- Location given for Brittain Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.4531797 Lon: -81.8859348
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Rutherford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brittain Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
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